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CHENGDU, China (AFP) — Claiming to be the world’s largest building by floor space, the 1,760,000 square metres of the New Century Global Center are a monument to growing Chinese consumer power, packed with shoppers — and beach bathers a thousand kilometers from the coast. Home to hundreds of shops, restaurants, offices, a cinema and ice rink, the cavernous building in Chengdu, deep in southwestern China, also hosts a water park featuring a pool modelled […]
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. researchers have found that Zika can attack special populations of brain cells in adult mice in the part of the brain involved in learning and memory, raising new questions about how the virus may be impacting millions of adults who have been infected with the virus. The findings, published on Thursday in the journal “Cell Stem Cell,” are the first to look at whether Zika can attack the same kinds […]
by Reinnier Kaze Maps, road signs, sat navs, Google maps — it all makes travelling so easy. But how do you get around in a city with few street names, where buildings have no numbers? “Cross ‘Death Junction’ then after about 500 metres on the left, you’ll see a curtain seller. Go up the path until you see a black building — that’s where I live,” says Judith Koumis, giving directions to her home in […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippine economy expanded 7.0 percent in the second quarter, official data showed Thursday, but President Rodrigo Duterte’s new government said major changes were needed to fix one of Asia’s biggest rich-poor divides. The April-to-June period covered the final months of Benigno Aquino’s administration, capping six years of stellar growth that helped boost thePhilippines‘ credit ratings and end its reputation as one of the region’s economic laggards. However, Duterte won a landslide […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines received the first of ten coast guard vessels from Japan Thursday, the coastguard said, as the two countries boost security ties in the face of their separate maritime disputes with China. The 44 metre (144 foot) BRP Tubbataha has arrived in Manila, the Philippinescoast guard said in a statement, adding that it will be used for search and rescue, law-enforcement and transport purposes. They did not specify where it […]
MANILA, Aug. 19 (PIA) – The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) has released a special commemorative stamp featuring the historic inauguration and oath taking of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. President Duterte, the 16th President of the Republic of the Philippines took his oath at the Malacañang Palace last June 30, 2016. According to PHLPost, the ‘Inaugural Stamps’ are issued in keeping the tradition that when there is a new president, the postal service would come out with […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The war on drugs and crime launched by President Rodrigo Duterte has produced positive results in 50 days since he occupied the highest post in the country. According to Malacañang, the crime incidence decrease significantly from 56,339 in July 2015 to 50,817 this July 2016. Malacanang also reported that index crimes or crimes against persons and property went down a month after the Duterte administration began. Presidential Communications Office Chief […]
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Aug 18(PIA) – While police authorities stand firm on the campaign against illegal drugs, the Philippine National Police in Eastern Visayas urges public’s support to eliminate this menace in the society. This, as the country celebrates the National Crime Prevention Week from September 1-7 this year. During the “Panginsayod ha PIA” held today at PIA regional office 8, PNP8 Spokesperson, Senior Police Inspector Ma. Bella Rentuaya emphasized the importance of coordination between […]
DAVAO CITY, August 18 (PIA) – Socio-Planning Economic Secretary and director-general of the National Economic and Development Authority Ernesto Pernia cited good and proper nutrition for new babies as one of the meaningful economic policies that the government must implement to ensure quality of life for Filipinos. Speaking to reporters during the press briefing on the Second Quarter Performance of the Philippine Economy, he said the focus of this policy is proper nutrition from the […]
SAN JOSE, Occidental Mindoro (Eagle News) – Matagumpay na naisagawa ang medical at dental mission sa Barangay Camburay Covered Court sa Bayan ng San Jose, Occidental Mindoro. Ang nasabing programa ay may temang “All for Health Towards Health for All” isa ito sa mga health agenda ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na pinangunahan ni Dr. Enid Asuncion at Dr. Lawrence Cyril Vitaz kasama ang Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Ito ay para sa lahat ng […]
By Caesar Vallejos EBC Correspondent “Sustainable development is not just a road map,” James Donovan, ADEC Innovations CEO and Global CEO Alliance (GCEOA) Chairman declared during Green Talk, a corporate sustainability lecture organized by Citi Green Team Philippines on August 17, 2016, at Citi Tower in Makati City. “What most businesses fail to realize is that sustainable development is a radically new way of combining technology, business model and innovation to create new […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) – by Amelie BARON The United Nations’ belated acknowledgement it played a role in a cholera epidemic in Haiti that has killed nearly 10,000 people was hailed by victims’ advocates Thursday as vindication of their efforts to hold the world body accountable. The epidemic broke out in 2010 in the vicinity of a base housing UN peacekeepers, in an impoverished Caribbean country that previously had been considered cholera-free. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s […]
